Australia Deadly Animals Statistics
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Australia deadly animals statistics. If you look at the statistics of animal deaths in Australia sharks are the most deadly animals in Australia. Australia has 21 of the worlds 25 deadliest snakes. They are found throughout shallow coastal waters of the northern half of Australia.
In most cases it results in death. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics as reported by ABC News the highest number of deaths by animal was 77 people - from horses cows and other animal transport. In Australia there have been around 140 species of land snakes and about 32 species of sea snakes identified of which about 100 are venomous.
The best illustration of Australias deadly-animal problem may be the Elapidae snake family. This list was developed by the Australian Museum in Sydney. The most infamous is the Great White also called White Pointer and the other two are Bull Shark and Tiger Shark.
Its a very large snake and its the largest venomous snake in Australia and also the longest fangs. Help protect Australias threatened species. Redback spider aka Australian black widow.
During the 10 year period in question there were 254 deaths in Australia identified as animal related. Lets see who is responsible starting with the biggest culprits. And here in Australia86 of our native flora and fauna species now critically endangered.
Dog 27 deaths. About 35000 deaths can be attributed to rabies and of those cases 99 percent are caused by dogs according to WHO. 1 of 20.